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  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved: A Rare Long Island Motor Parkway Paycheck
    Feb 11 2019

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved: A Rare Long Island Motor Parkway Paycheck

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this rare Long Island Motor Parkway memorabilia in his collection. (14 comments)


  • Tucker Topics: The 40 Most Memorable Moments from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Feb 09 2019

    Tucker Topics: The 40 Most Memorable Moments from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Kevin Leavesley in Tucker Topics reported on the 40 most memorable Tucker Moments at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours. Tucker 1044 was featured in six of the Moments. (2 comments)


  • Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Construction of the Jerusalem Road Motor Parkway Bridge
    Feb 06 2019

    Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Construction of the Jerusalem Road Motor Parkway Bridge

    In the eighth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered Motor Parkway construction album, the 1908 construction of the Jerusalem Road Bridge in Central Park (Now Stewart Avenue in Bethpage) is featured. (4 comments)


  • Japlopnik Video: Car vs. America-Tucker 48: The Car Too Good For Detroit
    Feb 05 2019

    Japlopnik Video: Car vs. America-Tucker 48: The Car Too Good For Detroit

    Mike Ballaban has posted an article on Jalopnik.com and 12-minute video on the Tucker '48 automobile featuring Mile and Sean Tucker and the Tucker 1044. The video was filmed at Waterfront at Roslyn in August 2017, prior to its restoration. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #5 Solved:Briggs Cunningham Driving His 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix Car at Sebring (1959)
    Feb 04 2019

    Mystery Foto #5 Solved:Briggs Cunningham Driving His 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix Car at Sebring (1959)

    Dick Gorman made a big challenge to see who can solve his never-before-published Mystery Foto. (12 comments)


  • The Alco “White Beast” in 1909
    Feb 02 2019

    The Alco “White Beast” in 1909

    Ray Holmes has forwarded this never-before-published photo of Harry Grant in the Alco "White Beast". Based on 1909 articles also provided by Ray, the photo was likely taken before the Lowell Trophy Race held on the Merrimac Valley Course, Massachusetts on September 8, 1909. (1 comments)


  • My Second Most Favorite Concept Automobile-The Mars Rover Concept Vehicle
    Feb 02 2019

    My Second Most Favorite Concept Automobile-The Mars Rover Concept Vehicle

    Here is my second most favorite concept show car- a vehicle built for NASA. (0 comments)


  • Newsday: Trust for the Public Land: Planned trails would run length of Long Island
    Jan 31 2019

    Newsday: Trust for the Public Land: Planned trails would run length of Long Island

    Last Friday, Joan Gralla of Newsday reported that The Trust for the Public Land has proposed a network of trails on Long Island that would include sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way. (0 comments)


  • The Fine Art of Photographer Jerry Keefer: The Tucker 1044
    Jan 29 2019

    The Fine Art of Photographer Jerry Keefer: The Tucker 1044

    Jerry Keefer, one of the premiere automotive photographic artists in the world, visit the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage this month and spent over 10 hours with Tucker 1044. Here are a few examples of his Tucker 1044 artwork. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Looking North on Merrick Avenue and Stewart Avenue in 1944
    Jan 28 2019

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Looking North on Merrick Avenue and Stewart Avenue in 1944

    Bill Bellmer, village historian of Garden City, challenged you to solve this weekend's wonderful carless Mystery Foto. (18 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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